You Are What You Eat, Restaurant Girl

Name: Restaurant Girl

Occupation: Food-obsessed Writer

Borough: Manhattan

Relationship status: Single

What did you eat today?

I drink an absurdly excessive amount of decaffeinated coffee and water throughout the day, so I usually start with that. Today, I had roasted chicken, mozzarella and tomato and some mixed greens. I snacked on manchego cheese, an apple with cinnamon and an unspeakable amount of peanut butter, which I tend to consume throughout the day. For dinner, I had white wine, a crab salad and a rib eye steak, medium rare. I ordered a side of parmesan asparagus and fries. For dessert, I had a pumpkin soufflé. Pumpkin’s in season right now, so I’m pretty preoccupied with all things pumpkin; ice cream, pasta, pancakes, you name it.

What do you never eat?

I pretty much eat everything, but I’m not a fan of packaged foods. I prefer anything that’s fresh baked and homemade - bread, cookies, tomato sauce. Why eat a cookie from a box when you can get a fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookie from City Bakery?

Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:

Cheese, usually some type of goat’s milk cheese and feta cheese; apples & fresh berries, whatever’s in season; doggie bags are big in my fridge. I hate to leave good food behind, especially steak. Steak and tomato sauce always taste even better the next day and I think it’s a travesty not to take it home for a late-night snack.

What is your favorite kitchen item?
Skippy super chunk peanut butter. Does that qualify as a kitchen item? In my house, it does. I think I’d go into severe withdrawal without my daily fix. I also love my cheese slicer.

Where do you eat out most frequently?

I spend so much time trying new restaurants that I don’t get to eat at any one spot too often. Right now, there are so many new restaurants popping up on the Lower East Side and in Chelsea. I do love to dine in the West Village whenever I get the chance. Some of my favorites include Lupa, Sparks and Bar Pitti.

World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?

I love this game. It’s a tough one that I often think about. I’d have to do some major restaurant hopping, but I would start off at the sushi counter at Sushi Yasuda. Yasuda’s a genius and he gets most of his fish from Tokyo, so I’d let him feed me whatever he pleased. Then, I’d head to Lupa for the roasted duck; it’s ridiculous. I’d make my third course a pasta course and shoot up to Roberto’s in the Bronx. Hopefully, my last meal would occur in late summer/early fall, so I could get something with pesto sauce. I’d end my gluttonous evening at Daniel over a chocolate soufflé and a bottle of Riesling. After all that running around and eating, I’d probably be ready to take a nice, long rest anyway.

How Danyelle manages to stay so petite with such a voracious appetite is a mystery for the ages. Read her incredibly detailed reviews over on her website, where you can also subscribe to her newsletter.